Orban’s disgraceful state of the nation speech was a flurry of his greatest hits: apologetic towards Russia, blaming the conflict on the West, berating EU & NATO allies—
peppered by a distasteful joke on Nazi Germany & conflating the LGBTQ+ community with pedophiles (again)👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1627381457852198913
On the Ukraine war, Orban lamented how even Germany joined those who stand “on the side of the war,” adding that they “did not go from their own will,” even dropping a nasty insult equating the Federal Republic to Nazi Germany (musing “they may still have the old maps”)
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1627381464667983874
He made a joke about Nazi Germany in his July “race-mixing” speech too.
It’s not only deeply distasteful— repeatedly insulting Hungary’s most important trading partner is a next-level diplomatic blunder
RT @katka_cseh: When talking about the energy crisis, Orban said--
"the EU wants everyone to reduce their gas consumption by 15 percent. I don't see how they can enforce it, but there is German know-how for this... From a long time ago, I mean."
Yes, that's a jo…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1627381466978975745
Orban deliberately conflated LGBTQ+ people with pedophiles. Referring to a recent case, he accused ‘Brussels’ of protecting child abuse.
I really hope the @EU_Commission sets the record straight on that.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1627381472712708102
Again, this was not the first time he used this shameful homophobic slur
RT @katka_cseh: Viktor Orban this morning on national radio: “Homosexuality may also turn into pedophilia, there is much debate over this.”
There is absolutely *zero* legitimate debate over this. This is a shameful homophobic slur.
https://telex.hu/belfold/2022/01/14/orban-viktor-kossuth-radio-4
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1627381475464159234
Isolated on the issue of the *actual war*, Orbán is desperate to improve his international standing by pivoting to the *culture war*
We can expect him to double down on an anti-EU disinformation campaign, based on Putin’s playbook.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1627381478500728832